Wolveryeti
Detty Pig
Sounds a lot like the Pomodoro technique:
Pomodoro Technique - Wikipedia
I am also like this. Do some work then need a bit of faffing as a treat.
The working from home thread
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I am also like this. Do some work then need a bit of faffing as a treat.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
i'm sure it's been mentioned in the thread already, but since the question's been asked on another thread, probably no harm in another mention that you can claim a little bit off your income tax for the costs of working from home
www.gov.uk
Claim tax relief for your job expenses
Claiming tax relief on expenses you have to pay for your work, like uniforms, tools, travel and working from home costs.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Been meaning to claim for that for ages - have bookmarked it so I can sort it out next week.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
it's not an enormous amount - comes to £ 1.20 a week, but that's better than a kick up the tail...
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
About 50 quid a year is better than nowt so definitely worth claiming.
Mine doesn't come to enough to make me fill out a form.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
What's really irritating is that everyone else in my org can claim the tax relief but I can't, because I was working from home before anyway.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Like silage, acreage and yield then?
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
That's a good point - I worked at home some days a week beforehand but not full-time. Not sure if that would affect my ability to claim.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I think it depends on whether you are working from home by choice. I wasn't as I wasn't well enough to go into the office but I think I still discovered I couldn't claim.
This is East Anglia, so we feed beef burgers to swans.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
I've really enjoyed working from home, I find I have a list of things to do each day which keeps me focused but have breaks throughout the day. After speaking with many other colleagues they all would prefer to work from home with only a small minority of people wanting to go back into work, I think being given the choice would be the best option for people but I can see that our workplace getting us back into the office sadly, disregarding a lot of the benefits to WFH.
I think the truth for a lot of staff is that they don't miss the office politics, the clicks and the ar*ehole colleagues, plus most people prefer their homes over going to work, unless you live in a bad or stressful environment.
I think the truth for a lot of staff is that they don't miss the office politics, the clicks and the ar*ehole colleagues, plus most people prefer their homes over going to work, unless you live in a bad or stressful environment.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
I couldn't do that - it would make me feel really guilty.
Another brief cameo from the cat in a meeting with senior managers today. I knew she was preparing for it, rubbing round my legs and then getting in the jump position, but I didn't have the heart to deny her access. I put her back on the floor once her tail had flashed across assorted colleagues' screens.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
I picked up my giant cat and showed him to a bunch of colleagues on a call today. He gave me a shitty look and immediately flounced back to his comfortable sleeping spot.
I don't mind too much working from home, now it's been a year and is a perminant situation. Full time would do my head in though. Well a couple of things niggle. I don't have a proper desk cos it's full of my own stuff, which is OK but it means I'm spending far too long in the same chair all week.
Also with basically anything worth going to outside being still shut, if I think about it for too long, the cabin fever creeps in.
Also with basically anything worth going to outside being still shut, if I think about it for too long, the cabin fever creeps in.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
colleague's cat chose the start of our weekly team meeting (on teams) yesterday to try and do a high speed climb on to the top shelf behind her.
box that was on the shelf and cat both came down fairly quick.
i must try and borrow next door's cat for next week's meeting...
box that was on the shelf and cat both came down fairly quick.
i must try and borrow next door's cat for next week's meeting...
mx wcfc
Well-Known Member
I'm getting to the point where the cabin fever thing has passed and actually I'd be happy wfh permanently, if I could go out locally. On the other hand, I think I'm looking forward to a future where I go in to the office, say, once a week. It would be nice to see colleagues. They're not all wankers.
Plus there's a couple of pubs and the cheese and beer shop, and the second hand record shop, and the Oxfam books and music shops near work that I'll be deliriously happy to visit again. Plus I'd get to see my mates in that town as well.
I (and colleagues) unilaterally decided to wfh before the WFH edict, and before the pubs were closed, but if "they" want me to do my miserable, expensive commute again, I want the Alehouse to be open. In fact, I can see me going to work in the morning, then booking the pm off to do a crawl. Alehouse, pop into Sweeney's for a pie and a pint, Castle Tap, Nags, then a swift one at the Greyfriar before getting the train home. Actually, that sounds like a plan.......
You might not have seen it, but I bet the cat gave the "I meant that" look.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
My cat sometimes makes an appearance, but doesn't like being in the limelight for long.
I have been working for the last 4 days in the office at my new place. I will wfh at some point, when my laptop arrives - the impression I get is that it may take a while. Out of a team of 8, so far the most we have had in the office other than me is 2, tomorrow it will just be me! Fortunately everyone has been friendly and understanding of my lack of knowledge of teams, which has helped me pick things up gradually
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